Keesler’s best honored tonight Published Feb. 18, 2009 By Susan Griggs 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, BILOXI, MISS. -- The 81st Training Wing honors its most outstanding military and civilian members tonight at its annual awards banquet at the Imperial Palace Casino Resort in Biloxi. The guest speaker is Chief Master Sgt. Stephen Sullens, Air Combat Command's command chief. Nominees are: Airman -- Senior Airmen Kwadwo Agyen-Frempong, 81st Comptroller Squadron; Brandon Harris, 335th Training Squadron; Thomas Sandoz, 81st Medical Operations Squadron; and Christopher Turknett, 81st Security Forces Squadron. Noncommissioned officer -- Tech. Sgts. Freda Burks, 81st CPTS; Jill Higgins, 81st Dental Squadron; Carlos Hurtado, 81st Training Support Squadron; and James Parker, 81st Force Support Squadron. Senior NCO -- Master Sgts. Michael Babbitt, 332nd TRS; David Boggs, 81st MDOS; Reynaldo Garza, 81st Communications Squadron; and Jerry McBride, 81st Operations Sup-port Flight. First sergeant -- Master Sgts. Gordon Comerford, 338th TRS; Scott Passman, 81st FSS; and Rogers Trahan, 81st Medical Support Squadron. Company grade officer -- Capts. Robert Colella, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron; Chaplain Winston Jones, chapel; Shanna McCoy, 81st Logistics Readiness Squadron; and Michael Stone, 335th TRS. Civilian category 1 -- Lindsey Conners, 81st Contracting Squadron; Trudy Davis, 81st Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron; and Kristin Trujillo, 81st TRSS. Civilian supervisor category 1 -- Jamey Simmons, 81st FSS, and Len Van Sittert, 81st MDSS. Civilian category 2 -- Brandie Saucier, 81st MDTS; Karen Teague, 81st CPTS; and Steven Walls, 338th TRS. Civilian supervisor category 2 -- Kimberly Adams, 81st TRSS; Justin Cooper, 81st OSF; Alfred Watkins, 81st Civil Engineer Squadron; and Nancy White, 81st MDSS.